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Rio Times · Asia Intelligence Brief October 23, 2026 — Typhoon Champi cancels 600+ flights in Taiwan; Japan inflation strengthens BOJ rate-hike expectations; South Korean tech shares fall over 2%; China's CSI 300 enters bear market; North Korea signals while Seoul stays silent. The post Asia Intelligence Brief — Friday, October 23, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
"Insight with Haslinda Amin" is a daily news program featuring in-depth, high-profile interviews and analysis to give viewers the complete picture on the stories that matter. The show features prominent leaders spanning the worlds of business, finance, politics and culture. (Source: Bloomberg)
'We’re not against anyone and we’re not in favour of anyone,' says AFC President Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa.
Ajay Rajadhyaksha, Global Chairman of Research at Barclays, discusses his outlook for investing in global markets. He speaks with Haslinda Amin on the sidelines of the Barclays Asia Forum on "Bloomberg: The Asia Trade". (Source: Bloomberg)
Bloomberg's Mark Cranfield argues robust AI infrastructure demand will likely continue to support Asian chip makers despite near-term volatility sparked by big tech earnings. (Source: Bloomberg)
Rio Times · Asia Intelligence Brief October 20, 2026 — China holds rates after 4.5% growth; Japan PM support slips below 50%; Indonesia names 97 fire suspects; Australia bans celebrities from gambling ads. The post Asia Intelligence Brief — Tuesday, October 20, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
"Bloomberg: The Asia Trade" brings you everything you need to know to get ahead as the trading day begins in Asia. Bloomberg TV is live from Tokyo and Sydney with Shery Ahn and Haidi Stroud-Watts, getting insight and analysis from newsmakers and industry leaders on the biggest stories shaping global markets. (Source: Bloomberg)
Rio Times · Asia Intelligence Brief October 19, 2026 — China reports 4.5% Q3 growth and a US$28 billion green-tech export surge; Japan begins Keen Sword drills and PM Takaichi sends Yasukuni offering; Indonesian stocks fall over 5% as haze crisis and MSCI warning converge. The post Asia Intelligence Brief — Monday, October 19, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Rio Times · Asia Intelligence Brief October 16, 2026 — Indonesia's Jakarta Composite fell more than 10% after MSCI warned its emerging-market status was no longer appropriate; South Korea's Kospi rose 2.1% and Japan's Nikkei rose 1.4% in partial recovery; China's Wang Yi told Israel to stop West Bank settlement expansion. The post Asia Intelligence Brief — Friday, October 16, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Senior American diplomats, administration officials and Indo-Pacific military commanders met in Tokyo earlier this month in what one source called an “unusual” gathering ahead of US President Donald Trump’s planned visit to China in November. People familiar with the meeting said it represented an evolution of a long-standing practice in which US ambassadors stationed across Asia and the Pacific gathered to exchange intelligence, coordinate diplomatic reporting and align regional priorities. The...
Latin America opens before US September inflation data, with the Ibovespa down 1.04%, the real weaker by 0.81%, oil firm and Asian stocks sharply lower. The post LatAm Opens Before US Inflation as Ibovespa Drops 1.04% | Pre-Open, Oct 14 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Rio Times · Asia Intelligence Brief October 12, 2026 — North Korea launches a suspected ballistic missile into the sea; Taiwan monitors Chinese live-fire drills along five coastal zones; South Korea orders action over workplace safety deception; China resumes Yellow Sea patrols with Seoul. The post Asia Intelligence Brief — Monday, October 12, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Formula 1 President & CEO Stefano Domenicali says Asia plays an important role in its future growth ambitions. He speaks with Haslinda Amin from the sidelines of '2026 Milken Institute Asia Summit'. (Source: Bloomberg)
Asian stocks were set to open higher after a tech-led rally pushed the S&P 500 index near a record as investors largely shrugged off concerns about bond yields at multi-decade highs. US oil prices extended declines.
For American and Chinese people interested in the outcome of the latest summit between China’s President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump, their conclusions could not be more different if they turn to the media and pundits for guidance. Chinese state media spared no superlative, echoing the official description of the summit as: forging the right way for the major powers to get along and writing a new chapter in ties. It played up the fact that Trump gave Xi the highest-level reception...
When chemical engineer Ahmad Zuhairi Abdullah joined Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) 22 years ago, Western institutions dominated the field, from global research infrastructure and high-impact publications to the greatest breakthroughs. Two decades later, the centre of gravity has moved eastward, says Zuhairi, now a professor with the USM school of chemical engineering in Penang. “[Not much was known] about China at that time when I joined the university. I knew that they had quite a number of...
David Mann, Global Head of ETFs & Market Structure at Franklin Templeton, says the firm’s latest partnership with ChinaAMC is the first step in its strategy to collaborate with local asset managers and gain exposure to investment themes in mainland China. He speaks on Bloomberg’s ETF IQ Asia. (Source: Bloomberg)
Vikas Pershad of M&G Investments says expanding AI and automation are reshaping employment and manufacturing across Asia, driving an IT hiring slowdown in India and automating factory floors. (Source: Bloomberg)
Rio Times · Asia Intelligence Brief September 30, 2026 — China's official manufacturing PMI rose to 50.1 and the private RatingDog reading hit 52.1, a five-month high; Seoul demanded North Korea stop border fortification work and Pyongyang answered through KCNA, calling the mine investigation a farce; the UN Command found an armistice violation; Beijing accused Taipei of desecrating the martyrs; the Nikkei rose 2.1 per cent inside a 4.7-per-cent quarterly fall while the CSI 300 closed its worst quarter since the pandemic. The post Asia Intelligence Brief — Wednesday, September 30, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
Heatwaves and wildfires helped expose 34 percent of the world’s population to “extremely poor” ozone air quality in the first eight months of 2026, according to a European Union report published Wednesday. Asia recorded the highest exposure, while ozone pollution remained difficult to curb despite decades of progress in reducing other harmful emissions.
Rio Times · Asia Intelligence Brief September 29, 2026 — South Korea names North Korean mines as the DMZ culprit and invokes the armistice; Malaysia deports around 1,500 Myanmar nationals over UN objections; Vietnam announces terrorism arrests with two Western passports, made at the Cambodian crossing; Bank Indonesia defends the rupiah at its weakest since August; Beijing's counter-cyclical pledge moves the tape faintly; Korea's export streak is forecast to reach sixteen months. The post Asia Intelligence Brief — Tuesday, September 29, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) plans to double its annual financing to about US$20 billion by 2030 as the Beijing-headquartered multilateral lender enters its second decade, its president said on Monday. Announcing the target at the opening of the bank’s 11th annual meeting in Doha, Qatar, AIIB President Zou Jiayi said member economies had voiced a “remarkably consistent” need for greater project funding. “They need more infrastructure and more financing to build it,” Zou told...
We have put together stories from our coverage last weekend to help you stay informed about news across Asia and beyond. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. What Trump and Xi revealed in the body language with their wives 2. Australia just changed its visa rules. So what about its bespoke Hong Kong pathway? 3. Thailand has had enough of foreign tourists behaving badly 4. Why US chip controls took a back seat at the Xi-Trump summit 5. Chinese...
Asia Intelligence Brief — Friday, 25 September 2026 Ceremonial guards in Bangkok. Thailand spent the week under a rain warning covering forty-eight provinces while its election commission was picketed from the reformist left and the nationalist… The post Asia Intelligence Brief — Friday, September 25, 2026 appeared first on The Rio Times.